Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines, the latest setback for already...

A man scaled a portion of The New York Times’ 52-story headquarters early Wednesday morning, becoming the third person to do so in a span of a few weeks, the...

Police say a man has scaled a portion of The New York Times’ 52-story headquarters in Manhattan, the third time such a stunt has happened in just a few weeks.

The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation’s food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because...

Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become slightly stronger in the next couple of days as it heads toward Bermuda.

Police say a man has scaled the side of The New York Times’ 52-story headquarters in Manhattan for the third time in two months.

Marcia Frey laid down the law when her daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Nicholas Sheley, moved into her trailer after losing their apartment last month: No alcohol....

Amid flowers, snapshots from her short life and somber greetings, mourners remembered slain 12-year-old Brooke Bennett at a wake in the building where she just...

The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says the Bush administration will do everything it can to make sure the government has what it needs to fight terrorists before a new...

More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered this week in central California, where nearly 16,000 cattle in the country’s...

The Senate finally is expected to pass a bill overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping, completing a lengthy and bitter debate that pitted privacy and civil...

Police say a man is scaling the side of The New York Times’ 52-story headquarters in Manhattan.

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been taken from jail to a Las Vegas hospital for an unspecified medical problem.

Ohio now allows out-of-state veterans to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.

Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right?

A federal judge has dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash that killed 49 people two years ago.

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday its members ratified a three-year contract with Hollywood studios, but a rival actors union that...

Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 1 storm.

Firefighters say a man and a boy have died in a Manhattan apartment building fire, possibly after jumping from a sixth-floor window.